WOW! Well unlike most of the posts so far I am SYKED about this game. If you're not into open world RPGs then of course you wont care, but if you are THIS is THE game. Looks like they've improved the fighting system too.

Oh, and I think someone said that they don't like it being in 1st person... You should be able to play in 3rd as well.

Skeptical but hopeful. The charm and dazzle of Oblivion wore off not a few hours into the game but this could be the redeemer of a sequel. Depending on impressions going forward I may actually buy a new rig for this one.

I'll buy it, and I'll sink hours into it, and I'll beat it. Because I am a hopeless Elder Scrolls addict. I'm just hoping against hope that they get all of the gamebreaking bugs out before release this time.

thegreatkenji:pretty excited for this. OH btw, did anyone else catch that the music in the trailer is a remix of the theme from morrowind? listen closely.

It's not actually a remix. It's its own theme, it's just been reworked, if you will.

I thought the score sounded magnificent. Definitely can hear strains from Morrowind and Oblivion, but it is it's own theme.

'Reworked' was the wrong term to use. I would say that the Skyrim theme has elements of both Oblivion's and Morrowind's themes, although it does sound closer to Morrowind's in most places. In any case, the music is fantastic! I absolutely cannot wait for this to come out!

HankMan:Not sure how I feel about it being first person. I wanna see myself strut around in shiny armor.

They have 3rd person. AND they brushed it up from Oblivion to actually make it playable in 3rd person. So rejoice!

I'm conflicted about this.

Bethesda games were always first and foremost 1st person RPGs, and 3rd person was intentionally known as 'Vanity mode' because it was just something to view your character in, not to actually play in. People didn't figure this out in Oblivion and kept on complaining about how bad 3rd person was.

Now, if they're spending time on developing 3rd person mode, it's going to take time and resources away from perfecting 1st person. Seems like unnecessary pandering to a portion of the fanbase that just doesn't understand what Bethesda games are all about.

Let me give an example. Bethesda games aren't about seeing your glorious hero in 3rd person framed by the rising sun in a magnificent pose. They're more about seeing the sun coming over the horizon and peeking through the trees from far off in 1st person mode, and experiencing it like you're seeing it through your own eyes. Preferably after a long slog through densely skeleton-infested woodlands.